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2006-10-16 16:43:20 · 9 answers · asked by rchl_schmidt 2 in Education & Reference ➔ Trivia
he British luxury passenger liner Titanic sank on April 14-15, 1912, en route to New York City from Southampton, Eng., during its maiden voyage. The vessel sank with a loss of about 1,500 lives at a point about 400 miles (640 km) south of Newfoundland.
The great ship, at that time the largest and most luxurious afloat, was designed and built by William Pirrie's Belfast firm Harland and Wolff to service the highly competitive Atlantic Ferry route. It had a double-bottomed hull that was divided into 16 presumably watertight compartments. Because four of these could be flooded without endangering the liner's buoyancy, it was considered unsinkable. Shortly before midnight on April 14, the ship collided with an iceberg; five of its watertight compartments were ruptured, causing the ship to sink at 2:20 AM April 15. Inquiries held in the United States and Great Britain alleged that the Leyland liner Californian, which was less than 20 miles (32 km) away all night, could have aided the stricken vessel had its radio operator been on duty and thereby received the Titanic's distress signals. Only the arrival of the Cunard liner Carpathia 1 hour and 20 minutes after the Titanic went down prevented further loss of life in the icy waters.
2006-10-17 12:26:42 · answer #1 · answered by angel_boo_2 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Titanic struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM (ship's time) on Sunday evening April 14, 1912, and sank two hours and forty minutes later, after breaking into two pieces, at 2:20 AM Monday morning April 15.
2006-10-16 17:05:49 · answer #2 · answered by mik 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
properly, we do not comprehend for particular. There are some diverse solutions, and it is comprehensible. for sure, not one of the survivors were searching at their watches at the same time as the deliver ultimately disappeared below the exterior, yet in accordance with misery alerts, the survivors' memories, and different activities of the nighttime, they could be able to guestimate that the deliver sank someplace between 2:15 and a pair of:20 am on April 15, 1912. i imagine that extra large experts lead in course of two:20 because the reliable time that she sank, yet back, we do not comprehend for particular.
2016-12-04 22:07:01 · answer #3 · answered by leacock 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
she struck an iceberg at 11:40 PM (ship's time) on Sunday evening April 14, 1912, and sank two hours and forty minutes later, after breaking into two pieces, at 2:20 AM Monday morning April 15.
2006-10-16 16:49:48 · answer #4 · answered by brinlarrr 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2:20 AM Monday morning April 15, 1912
2006-10-16 16:46:08 · answer #5 · answered by Bill P 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2:20 am April 15. It started sinking right before midnight April 14
2006-10-16 16:49:06 · answer #6 · answered by ♥cinnamonmj♥ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2:20am Monday, April 15, 1912
2006-10-17 10:46:12 · answer #7 · answered by Scarlett 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
2am
It hit the iceburg at 1140pm and the lights went out at 218 and it went under at 220 to be exact.
Hope that helps
2006-10-16 16:45:17 · answer #8 · answered by USMCstingray 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
2:20 a.m., I changed my answer to match everyone else.
2006-10-16 16:44:14 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋